House-power machine



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PHELPS 8v HANFORD.

HORSE POWER.

1\To*26,203. Patentedv Nov. 22, '1859.

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PHE-LPS 8v HANI'ORD.

HORSE POWER.

No. 26,203. Patented Nov. 22, 1859.

TIIT gSTATES PATENT GFFTCE.

IVM. PHELIS AND IV. H. HANFORD, OF SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS.

HORSE-POWER MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,203, dated November 22, 1859.

Transmitting Motion to Machinery; and we doFhereby declare that thefollowing is aA full, clear; and exact description of the constructionand operation of this machine, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification.

Figure l represents an upright view of the machine, which forconvenience we divide into three parts constituting principles of motionand for further convenience of specification are drafted in sevensections, of which- Fig. 2 represents a section forming the base; A thefoundation; B a circular track; e center box.

Fig. 3, a section representing the under surface of the bull wheel E; F,F, F, horizontal shafts; C, C, C, and D, D, D, pairs of upright tripletfriction rollers; G, G, Gr, levers; ac aa aa three pairs ofanti-friction rollers. This section in connection with the track B andhorizontal drive wheel H forms the first division constituting the firstprinciple of motion.

Fig. a, a section representing the horizontal drive wheel H.

Fig. 5, a section representing the triplet arms M, M. M; L L Lhorizontal shafts;

I, I, I, and IJ. J, J, pairs of triplet friction rollers; K, K, K,pulleys. This section in connection with the horizontal drive Wheel H,and the horizontal dr've wheel O forms the second division, constitutingthe second principle of motion.

Fig. 6 represents a horizontal drive wheel of which there are two, N andO.

Fig. 7, a section representing the under surface of the triplet beams Q,Q, Q; R, It, R, triplet rollers and shafts. This section in connectionwith the horizontal drive wheels N and O forms the third divisionconstituting the third principle of motion. P, P, P, posts; Y platform;U represents a small appended section.

Fig. 8, represents the perpendicular main shaft S.

The nature of this invention consists of a horizontal track B, forming aperfect circle, made of iron, or any other material sufciently hard asto prevent indentation by the rollers resting, or rolling upon it. Thistrack rests upon a solid foundation A, which may be so constructed as tobe portable or permanent. The track to present on its upper surface anoval, true and smooth linish; a characteristic which is to specify allof the friction track-surfaces in this machine. On this track are placedthe pairs of triplet-friction rollers C, C, C, and D, D, D, resting onthe rolling surface of the firstthree. These rollers may be constructedwholly or in part of iron, made square on their rolling surfaces wherethey roll in connection with the track B and horizontal drive wheel H.The largest of these pairs of rollers may be concave on their innersurfaces, corresponding with the rim of the track B. The outer surfacemay be made convexing, corresponding with their inner surfaces, and theyall may be varied in the dimensions of their diameters either for thepurpose of increasing or diminishing motion, always preserving equalityin their diameters. They are placed at equal distances from each otheron the track, and kept in their relative positions by means of thehorizontal shafts F F, F, to which they are made fast at one end, theother pointing toward the center of the foundation, near which, and bymeans of journals and boxes are connected to the under surface of thebull wheel E, at c, c, c. Toward the other end of the shafts and near totheir attachment to the rollers C, C, C, are journals on which rest thepairs of anti-friction rollers acl, am, aa, which roll in slots ou smallshafts at or near the verge of the bull wheel E. The bull wheel may bemade wholly or in part of iron according to the strength required.

G, G, G, represent levers to which may be attached horses. These passthrough loops made fast to the bull wheel.

Fig. S represents the perpendicular main shaft S, which passes throughthe center of the bull wheel and to which it is made fast, except incases where it is desirous to run the second and third divisions orprinciples of motion below the foundation and track A and B. Then themain-shaft is made fast at one end to the horizontal drive Wheel Hpassing through, and playing loosely in the center box of the foundationA and bull wheel E, descending to any distance required Where near toits lower end may be connected another horizontal drive wheel ofsutlicient strength to support the Weight of the second and thirddivisions or principles of motion which may be placed upon it.

The horizontal wheel H may be made wholly or in part of iron, with acenter through which passes the main shaft, playing loosely, acharacteristic which will specify all of the centers through which itpasses excepting in those mentioned above. The rim of this wheel restsupon the summits of the triplet friction rollers D, D, D, and becomesthe foundation or rotary track upon which is built the second divisionconstituting the second principle of motion. This division isconstructed proportionally after the same manner of the first division,and is placed upon the track or horizontal wheel H resting on the underrolling surfaces of the triplet friction rollers I, I, I. These rollersare attached to the larger rollers J J J and all made fast to thehorizontal shafts L, L, L, which pass through them connecting at one endby means of boxes and journals to the under surface of triplet arms M,M, M, but at the other end, and outside of the rollers are representedpulleys to which by belts may be connected machinery. Near to one of thepairs of rollers on the outside is a journal which plays in a slotformed in a stud, represented at g Fig. l. This stud together with fiveothers similar are suspended from and fastened to the triplet beams Q,Q, Q.

On the upper rolling surfaces of the triplet friction rollers J, J Jrests the horizontal drive wheel O, which is constructed in the samemanner as the horizontal drive wheel H but some larger in diameter. Thiswheel becomes the track and foundation of the third division, which is arepetition of the second with the exception that the shafts connectingwith the triplet friction rollers R, R, R, point outward to whichmachinery may be attached either by pulleys and belts, or by tumblingrods as the nature of the case may require. These shafts by means oftheir journals play in their boxes which are formed in the studs g g, gg, g g. Between the horizontal wheel N and the triplet beams Q, Q, Q, isa small appended section U, Fig. 1 in which is represented anarrangement of triplet friction rollers, a repetition of the sameprinciple set forth in the other divisions of the machine. This smallsection represents a plan -whereby gravitating power may be added to themachine by means of the lever above the triplet beams Q Q Q, withoutmaterially increasing friction to retard the power of the machinery.

Operation of the machine: The action of the pairs of triplet frictionrollers C C C and D D D all rolling and rotating in the same directionon the track B, carrying along upon the summits of the rollers D, D, D,the rim of the drive wheel H with increased velocity which becomes arotary track reversing the motion and driving the v pairs of stationarytriplet friction rollers I I I and J, J, J, the latter of which rollingin connection with the under surface of the rim of the drive Wheel Ccarrying it along by their friction surface. This horizontal wheelbecoming a rotary track as in the case of the horizontal wheel H onlythe motion is the reverse driving the stationary triplet frictionrollers R R R which reverses the motion of the horizontal wheel N, whichrodescribed.

WILLIAM PHELPS. W. H. HANFCRD.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. JARvIs, JACOB DEILY.

